The Confusing World of “Slipped Discs”
In between each of the vertebrae of your spine lies a very strong but flexible structure called the disc. These discs have a strong outer rim of fibrocartilage and a soft gel like centre- they are designed to give your spine flexibility and strength and help act as shock absorbers. Discs are frequently implicated as the cause of back and neck pain- I’m sure you or someone you know has suffered from a ‘slipped disc’ and will agree it’s not [...]
Acupuncture for Lower Back Pain
I’ve been doing quite a lot of acupuncture on lower back pain patients over the last few months with some really exciting results so I thought I’d better do a post about acupuncture for lower back pain. Despite a mere 5000 year history of success acupuncture continues to be a hotly debated therapy in the medical community. So saying, as more scientific research is done into its effects it is slowly winning acceptance and indeed in some countries it has [...]